By Jeff Cooper

The basic principals of air navigation includes planning, recording, and controlling the movement of an airplane from one place to another. Air navigation can compensate for the wind by changing the heading of the plane.
Radio Navigation provides the pilot with positive information from grounds located world-wide. Most airplanes now are equipped with some level of radio navigation. Automatic Direction Finder is the oldest kind of radio communication still in use. Some planes are shone as beacons on a radar controlled by air traffic control.